Monthly Archive for January, 2010

: January, 2010

There’s a great post over on Lake City Live about a new NYT interactive feature: a map that illustrates Netflix rental patterns by zip code. It’s a bit hard to pinpoint Green Lakers using data that is broken down by zip code, as Green Lake straddles both 98103 and 98115. Most of the neighborhood is in […] …

We spotted the following yesterday on twitter: saw a bird that looks like Bald Eagle at Greenlake early in the morning, but it couldn’t possibly be one… We frequently see tweets expressing astonishment and doubt that a bald eagle could be living in our very urban park. However, we also see many other notes from park-goers who have […] …

From Maria L. Goodloe-Johnson, Superintendent, Seattle Public Schools: Families invited to visit as part of Fall 2010 enrollment process Open houses will be hosted at every school in the next several weeks. The open house schedule is available here [PDF]. The goal of these open houses is to offer families evening or weekend opportunities to learn more […] …

Julie Guffey asked us to share the following news from Meridian Market (2201 N 56th St): Wednesday Wine Tasting at Meridian Market Wednesday, January 20, 2010 6:00pm-9:00pm Meridian Market 2201 N. 56th St. 206-547-5940 (In Tangletown) Cost is only $5.00. Tastings include up to 6 different wines from all regions! Purchases of featured wines are 10% off that evening. …

Ho hum. No local garage sales this weekend, but there certainly are a lot of open houses. View Wallingford / Green Lake Garage Sales in a larger map Having a garage sale or hosting an open house in Wallingford or Green Lake? Let us know and we’ll add you to the weekly map. This map is created in […] …

Remember that string of late-night muggings at the lake last September? Yeah, those. The getaway driver just pleaded guilty. From The Seattle Times: Sheena Blackburn, 24, who was arrested with two men last fall for their alleged roles in a string of North Seattle robberies, pleaded guilty today to three counts of second-degree robbery. Blackburn, who authorities say was […] …

Pennie O’Grady of Sustainable Green Lake asked us to share this tidbit with you: March-October 2010: Permaculture Skills Workshops We in Green Lake are graced with a local treasure in Jenny Pell, internationally renowned permaculture teacher. She is jumping on board to work with the Green Lake Thumbs and Sustainable Green Lake (SGL)! Jenny Pell, Marisha Auerbach and […] …

Thank you, Casey, for pointing out this HistoryLink.org essay about the Green Lake streetcar accident. The essay was featured on the site yesterday, the 90th anniversary of the accident. Although the accident took place in Wallingford, the streetcar was en route from Green Lake to downtown and was carrying many Green Lake residents. These are just a few […] …

We received the following note from Kathleen Ellsbury of the Friends of McDonald School: I’m recruiting volunteers who might want to spend some money available to our neighborhood (how often does that happen?) The not-for profit volunteer neighborhood group Friends of McDonald School (FOM) is entering its second year of funded activities with community support and two […] …

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